In an interview with The Real News, author and academic David Orr says the Global North has a moral obligation to assist the developing world in confronting global warming—And Biden’s presidency could be the last chance to do so.
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Nkt satiisfied Sorry.
This guy's a clown … I couldn't get past him shouting out bill mckibben
Wish it were so, if there was a profit motive I could see it but I think the new administration would be too blind and bought off to see that as a possibility even then
Science knows it limits, Stupidity does not! and according to some of the comments here, will the vast stupidity be devastating too!
No such thing as election..its about selection..WAKE UP WORLD..
What !!!!!
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Trump Win = Runaway Hothouse Mass Extinction
There are 23 billion chickens on earth, if one sneezes we all get the flu 😉
Humans and livestock are 96% of all mammals by weight and caused 80% of species extinction — Livestock use up to 80% of antibiotics and cause 25% of all infectious disease
The world failed all 20 biodiversity targets set 10 years ago
There have been 25 climate COPs and 15 biodiversity COPs – all miserable failures
People don't live long enough to notice mass extinction
500 years ago there were so many cod fish John Cabot thought they would capsize his ship
400 years ago there were more Caribbean sea turtles by weight than buffalo on the plains
300 years ago Passenger pigeon migrations would block out the noon day sun
97% of great fresh water species gone since 1970 ( Guardian 2019 )
96% of mammals are livestock and human by weight ( Ecowatch 2018 )
96% of tigers gone in 100 years ( IFL Science 2019 )
90% of elephants gone in 100 years ( Hurriet 2019 )
90% of lions gone in 100 years ( African Impact 2019 )
90% of Leatherback sea turtles gone since 1980 ( Earth Watch undated )
90% of Monarch Butterflies gone in 20 years ( Inhabitat 2014 )
80% of Antarctic Krill gone in 30 years ( Research Gate 2005 )
77% of Eastern lowland gorillas gone since 1996 ( Treehugger 2020 )
68% of world’s wildlife has been wiped out since 1970 ( Mongabay 2020 )
50% of Marine vertebrates gone since 1970 ( WWF 2015 )
50% of Great Barrier Reef gone since 1985 ( Live Science 2012 )
40% of Giraffes gone since 1990 ( NRDC 2019 )
40% of insect species are threatened with extinction in 30 years ( PNAS 2019 )
4% of mammals are wild ( Vegan News 2020 )
Green house gases up 45% in 30 years – Earth Hotter Faster
In 10 years the US cut emissions more switching from coal to gas than Europe investing in renewable energy
66% of humanity will live in water stressed areas by 2025
50% of thermal and hydro electric capacity will be threatened by water stress
20% of global energy is electricty
4% of global energy is renewable electricity
To get 30% of energy from algae ponds requires land the size of Argentina
4% of mammals are wild by weight and bio energy land use threatens them
80% of global energy is fossil fuels and has been for over 25 years
Solar & wind are 2% of global energy
North Euro offshore wind turbines work 30% of the time
North Euro onshore wind turbines work 22% of the time
North Euro solar panels work 11% of the time
The F-35 fighter jet works 11% of the time
Europe burns 80% of the world’s wood pellets for renewable electricity
It takes tree plantations 30 years to recoup 10% of their carbon offset
We cut 15 billion trees, plant 5 billion, lose 10 billion per year
Wildfires are more intense, frequent and bigger with drought & high temps
Trees are growing faster and dying younger
40% of insect species could go extinct by 2050
Europe burns 80% of its recycled plastic & paper for recycled electricity
Europe burns 50% of its palm oil shipments in cars & trucks
Europe's carbon fund is rife with corruption
Out of earth's 1.2 billion vehicles 6 million are electric
Ten years fighting air pollution in China raised global north temperatures 0.1 °C
Earth is Hotter Faster
From 1971-2018 global net heating averaged 0.47 watts/m²
From 2010-2018 global net heating averaged to 0.87 watts/m² = 46% higher
Oceans took 89% of that heat and air took 1%
This is rapid heat acceleration
350 ppm CO2 will not get Earth’s heat imbalance under control — 300 ppm needed to cool earth
Sources:
We cut 15 billion trees per year, plant 5 billion, lose 10 billion / yr — Tree Nation 2020
Trees are growing faster and dying younger — Sci Am 2020
2020 : Fossil fuels remained 80% of global energy for over 25 years – CCN 2019
2020 : 2% of global energy is solar and wind ( after 20 yrs trying ) – IEA 2020
2020 : 4% of energy is renewable – WSJ BP
2019 : Greenhouse gases are up 45% in 30 years – NOAA 2020
2020 : Energy related emissions up 30% in 30 years – IEA 2020
2025 : 66% of people will live in water stressed areas – Nat Geo 2020
Water Stress Threatens Near 50% of World’s Thermal Power Plant Capacity – WRI 2017
Water Stress Threatens 30% of planned hydro projects – WWF 2019
2030 : Emissions must fall 50% in 10 yrs to stay under 1.5 C – Sci Am 2019
2030 : Emissions must fall 50% in 10 yrs to stay under 1.5 C – Insurance Journal 2019
2030 : We’ll make 120% more fossil fuel than needed to stay under 1.5 C – UN 2019
2040 : 15% of global energy will be renewable – IEA 2019
2040 : 15% of global energy will be renewable – WSJ BP 2019
2050 : Energy demand to increase 50% – EIA 2019
2050 : 30% of electricity will be renewable – EIA 2019
2018 : 18% of global energy is electricity
2040 : 24% of global energy is electricity
US Energy Vulnerabilities To Climate Extremes – Energy gov 2013
— Decreasing water availability in some regions and seasons
— Increasing intensity/frequency of storms, flooding, and sea level riseWater
Energy and Land Insecurity: Global — Science Daily 2020
— heightened global risk to water/energy/resources for supply/demands
Weather = flash floods + flash fires + flash mobs + flash infections
Climate = 30 years of weather
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Biden Win = Runaway Hothouse Mass Extinction
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Is this the news or is it somebody just Spellman off about his own personal opinion she’s not a CNN
Michael Politz, has it exactly right the evidence should tell anyone that Biden won't fix anything and his record tells you that.
They can, they have the power to do it.
They won't.
Everybody needs to move on and stop expecting them to do things they promise they never will do.
You're all going to go out there and vote for them all over again and then complain because this already horrible life that we are in the middle of right now is going to get worse. Imagine that. 2021 being the worst year than 20/20. But hey you go ahead and vote for Biden because he's a better man than Trump. But let me tell you the only difference between Biden and Trump is Trump doesn't know enough to keep the quiet parts quiet. Biden is Trump without the Twitter account.
#Howiehawkins2020
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this guy is out of his mind. i will not ban fracking that's joe biden
The Real News is better than this… (Or maybe it was)
GET REAL NEWS! BS.. Biden will frack our way out.
This a rhetorical question, right?
It won't be news to anyone with half a brain containing a modicum of knowledge about biden's record that he'll do absolutely nothing to combat climate change issues in the Global South, or for that matter anywhere else.
Didn't he say that nothing will fundamentally change if he's elected, or did I imagine it?
He's totally and gleefully in bed with the forces who are destroying the environment. Are these people serious, and do they think we're stupid?
Neither of these people are capable of changing the course of the massive institution of global capitalism that's rushing us headlong into an apocalypse. And the global South can't rely on the leadership of the global North any more than it could in the past centuries – the leadership always arrived with the language of force, always carried exploitation under the guise of development, and always lead to disaster. Native Americans are already living in a post-apocalyptic world, dwindling under ongoing tyranny. Global capitalism threatens the rest of the planet's population with the same fate. Our only chance for survival is to end it; Joe Biden is no ally in this. He's just a kinder, gentler enemy.
Never mention Russia when talking about Trump — it makes you sound like a useless neolib; and eliminates the NEOLIBERAL policies that made a desperate nation turn to Trump.
The only thing a Biden presidency is going to solve is HIGHER TAXES! TRUMP 2020 🤞